CBS Sexton Street
{{Short description|Secondary school in Limerick, Ireland}}
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CBS Sexton Street (also referred to as Coláiste Mhichíl){{cite web |author=CBS Sexton Street |date= |title=Coláiste Mhichíl - CBS Sexton Street |url=https://www.cbssextonstreet.ie/ |website=CBS Sexton Street |location= |publisher=CBS Sexton Street |access-date=12 April 2025}} is a Christian Brothers secondary school located in Limerick, Ireland. The school has approximately 340 students.{{cite web |author=Schooldays.ie |date= |title=C.B.S. Sexton St. |url=https://schooldays.ie/school/colaiste-mhichil-rollnumber-64200r/ |website=Schooldays.ie |location= |publisher= |access-date=12 April 2025}} The current principal is Denis O'Connor, and the current vice principal is Rob Williams.
History
Coláiste Mhichíl was founded by Edmund Rice, a Christian Brother, to provide education for boys in Limerick city.{{cite web|title=A Brief History|url=http://www.cbssextonstreet.ie/about-us/|website=Colaiste Mhichil CBS Sexton Street|accessdate=16 March 2017}} Their numbers having declined, the Christian Brothers no longer have day-to-day involvement in the administration of the school. Instead, a lay principal and board of management manage the school with the Christian Brothers remaining as trustees.
The school has been successful in soccer, having won the senior boys' FAI All Ireland soccer championship in 2007 and 2008. In 2012, the school were national runners-up, having lost the final to St Aidans, Cork.
Financier JP McManus, a past pupil of the school, has funded academic scholarships for a number of students each year going to third level.{{Cite news|url=http://www.independent.ie/national-news/mcmanus-awards-bursaries-to-lucky-students-1897410.html|title=Mcmanus awards bursaries to lucky students|work=Irish Independent | first=Barry|last=Duggan|date=26 September 2009}} This funding is separate from McManus' national scholarships.
Notable students
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- Ned Daly, born in 1891 and educated by the Presentation Sisters and then the Christian Brothers on Sexton Street. He served as commandant of Dublin's 1st Battalion in the Easter Rising. He was executed by firing squad in Kilmainham Gaol on 4 May 1916.
- John Philip Holland, born in Liscannor, County Clare in 1841. Holland began his studies at Sexton Street in 1853. He was the developer of the first submarines to be commissioned by both the United States Navy and Royal Navy.
- David Hanly, presenter of Morning Ireland on RTÉ Radio 1
- Tony Holohan, Chief Medical Officer for Ireland
- Ciaran MacMathuna, broadcaster and authority on Irish music
- J. P. McManus, businessman and racehorse owner
- Diarmuid Scully, member of Limerick City Council and former Mayor of Limerick
- Karl Spain, comedian
- Dermot Kelly (hurler), former Limerick Hurler
- Éamonn Cregan, Limerick Hurler
Notable teachers
- Pat Fleury, hurler{{citation needed|date=February 2021}}
- Willie Moore, hurler{{citation needed|date=February 2021}}
References
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Category:Secondary schools in County Limerick
Category:Congregation of Christian Brothers secondary schools in the Republic of Ireland
Category:Education in Limerick (city)
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